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i said to that one i always no, it was my employee to follow my rules which is to abide by the law not to sell any alcohol or liquor to minors and to be professional. but unfortunately, it happened on november last year. so i'm not arguing that i shunt shouldn't be penalized. but with this said that my final statement is that i have a problem of paying my employee and my landlord and whatever money i owe. i have also some kind of money i have to pay for irs and i'm in financial depress right now. my argument is not to be penalized but a different penalty. my license was suspended and i'm in financial trouble. i think my penalty should be lessor. i gave you all the documents i have i'm not able to pay my vendors because of the financial situation and i'm really in bad shape now. so i'm requesting that you who to give me another chance to work hard and to upgrade my store otherwise i cannot see how to continue working as business owner in the coming months i'm really in bad shape that's my argument. thank you >> thank you. >> good evening larry program manager for the public health tobac
i said to that one i always no, it was my employee to follow my rules which is to abide by the law not to sell any alcohol or liquor to minors and to be professional. but unfortunately, it happened on november last year. so i'm not arguing that i shunt shouldn't be penalized. but with this said that my final statement is that i have a problem of paying my employee and my landlord and whatever money i owe. i have also some kind of money i have to pay for irs and i'm in financial depress right...
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unable to participate in those discussions consistent with my obligations under the open government laws which is unfortunate because i wanted to be involved in negotiations and the discussions. you know, it is this, and however many other hearings that we have had have really brought to the forefront a lot of the very, very legitimate and understandable anxiety across the spectrum, in terms of home owners, fee owners and tenants about the affordbility crisis in our cities. unfortunately and this is not true for many of our public commentsers, but we have some commentary about this legislation on both sides. where the other side gets demonized. tenants are viewed in a certain way, tic owners are viewed in a certain way. and you know, the fact is that whether you own a tic or a condo or a single family home or a tenant we are all san franciscoans and as i said in the past hearings, many of the tic are long term renters who manage to scrape together a down payment to purchase a home. whether that was a wise move or not a wise move, that is what we have. and i appreciate the sentiment to he
unable to participate in those discussions consistent with my obligations under the open government laws which is unfortunate because i wanted to be involved in negotiations and the discussions. you know, it is this, and however many other hearings that we have had have really brought to the forefront a lot of the very, very legitimate and understandable anxiety across the spectrum, in terms of home owners, fee owners and tenants about the affordbility crisis in our cities. unfortunately and...
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here is my daughter and son-in-law as examples. their friends and co-workers have faced the same. he is a teacher and she (inaudible) bought a little one bedroom condo south of market, now three years later, with a toddler and an infant, they have to move but where, they are lucky p our flat is empty and they can live there until they save enough to buy a place, but so many of their friends and others have moved into east bay. and gathering today, we are about to vote on rules that will make condo conversion tic to condo practically impossible ex-saser baits a situation. this situation, this city was created in i situation with all of the eviction controls where the land lords of yesteryear have become it of today. please hold up the legislation and open your minds to what you are doing to young families who want to become home owners. it is one of the foundations of our society. home owners make it livable and on improvement communities and have a stake in the neighborhood. i have been to dozens of park and clean up and tree planting since we moved in 1974 and i have never, ever
here is my daughter and son-in-law as examples. their friends and co-workers have faced the same. he is a teacher and she (inaudible) bought a little one bedroom condo south of market, now three years later, with a toddler and an infant, they have to move but where, they are lucky p our flat is empty and they can live there until they save enough to buy a place, but so many of their friends and others have moved into east bay. and gathering today, we are about to vote on rules that will make...
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revise registration fees for inspecting and testing weighing and measuring devices provided by state law in making environmental findings. >> same house same call. this is passed on the first read. >> -- establishing the funds for the department of public health, for violation of solid waste laws. >> president chiu: same house and call. >> item 14 is a resolution designating those agencies qualify to be dissipated and those agencies anticipating in the funding drive for officers and employees in the county of san francisco. >> president chiu: same house and call. >> item 15, guidelines for the establishment and use of the finance industry for project area and lands. >> president chiu: same house and call. >> item 16 is a resolution approving a contract amendment for a transit center road and services to increase and not exceed an amount of approximately 3.3 million to 5.4 million. >> president chiu: supervisor kim, that you want to speak to this item? no. same house and call this resolution is adopted. >> item 17 is a resolution urging city colleges -- >> president chiu: supervisor mar.
revise registration fees for inspecting and testing weighing and measuring devices provided by state law in making environmental findings. >> same house same call. this is passed on the first read. >> -- establishing the funds for the department of public health, for violation of solid waste laws. >> president chiu: same house and call. >> item 14 is a resolution designating those agencies qualify to be dissipated and those agencies anticipating in the funding drive for...
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there are more robust ethics laws in los angeles that we have not yet implemented. san diego has a clear rule about when certain individuals need to disclose lobbying activities. thirdly we know that proactive enforcement is key to making reform successful and i'm committed to advocating for resources in this years budget process. i want to thank the city attorney and the staff and advocates for better ethics in good government . as well as for lobbyists and organizations playing by the rules and who believe others should play by the rules as well to quickly summarize the reforms , .that we are introducing their cover various areas first of all in the area of lobbying ,these amendments would expanded definition; it also would tighten broad exceptions that currently allow for most lobbying activities by attorneys and lobbing about city contracts to go unreported. we also have provisions to address reporting requirements for permit expediters and certain developers of significant projects in san francisco. we already currently have laws in the books for permit expedit
there are more robust ethics laws in los angeles that we have not yet implemented. san diego has a clear rule about when certain individuals need to disclose lobbying activities. thirdly we know that proactive enforcement is key to making reform successful and i'm committed to advocating for resources in this years budget process. i want to thank the city attorney and the staff and advocates for better ethics in good government . as well as for lobbyists and organizations playing by the rules...
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this commission affords the possibility that when laws are worked out we can come to the commission and we can be part of the solution rather than going after something looking terrible about it. we would like the same thing going on with mta. we would like you guys to look into that. also, it might be really good to have somebody on the mta board, designated person from small business. our voices are just as important as everybody else. we did then some streets for our customers ; we depend on streets for our deliveries both to and from; dependent streets for the bicyclists to come to and from. we are part of the process. we look forward to the may six hearing. we are here to help you. thank you very much. >> chair adams: thank you very much. will take comments from the commissioneers. >> commissioner o'brien: at the last commission meeting, maybe the one prior, i put a request to have the mta come before the commission and i was curious to know if there was any progress on that? >> we do have the mta scheduled for the may six meeting, and we have scheduled a fair amount of time for th
this commission affords the possibility that when laws are worked out we can come to the commission and we can be part of the solution rather than going after something looking terrible about it. we would like the same thing going on with mta. we would like you guys to look into that. also, it might be really good to have somebody on the mta board, designated person from small business. our voices are just as important as everybody else. we did then some streets for our customers ; we depend on...
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they are all breaking the laws in the city. the infrastructures of decrepit that it is causing problems with everybody and if they would simply improve the surface and repaint the line so we could tell where the road is and where the bike lanes are, and which part is shared and which is not we would do away with 80 percent of the problems and 80 percent of the conflict. i'm hoping that being involved in the task force and continuing to engage with you all and other merchants associations that we can make that much better known to the mta. we could actually make their dollars go a lot further and solve 80 percent of the problem right off the bat. hopefully the this continued dialogue we can impress that upon them and i will take that to the transportation task force as well, which is in the mayor's office. thank again. >> chair adams: let's take public comment on item seven. do we have any members of the public who would like to make additional comments? >> as a presenter -- >> chair adams: any other public comment? seeing none
they are all breaking the laws in the city. the infrastructures of decrepit that it is causing problems with everybody and if they would simply improve the surface and repaint the line so we could tell where the road is and where the bike lanes are, and which part is shared and which is not we would do away with 80 percent of the problems and 80 percent of the conflict. i'm hoping that being involved in the task force and continuing to engage with you all and other merchants associations that...
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and what that law is. so, the first three sections all have to do with the budget. and this model, again, is found in the fire department's resolution, similar resolution. and the reason why it's broken into three sections here is the first section -- is to first of all, start the process earlier in the year. under the budget generally which starts -- could start as early as august, it's kind of a look back over the budget and the operations of the prior year to set the scene and the stage for looking forward of the upcoming budgets. the second two budget provisions, the capital budget and the operating budget, they're broken down separately. presently our obligation as a commission is to review the operating budget before it goes to the mayor and to vote on it. that we do have an action item and a responsibility under the charter. but we don't ordinarily focus much on the capital budget and that may be -- and granted, it's a smaller component of the budget, but nonetheless, i think that there are importan
and what that law is. so, the first three sections all have to do with the budget. and this model, again, is found in the fire department's resolution, similar resolution. and the reason why it's broken into three sections here is the first section -- is to first of all, start the process earlier in the year. under the budget generally which starts -- could start as early as august, it's kind of a look back over the budget and the operations of the prior year to set the scene and the stage for...
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it's a law of our source and how we spend it. and it's a plan that sets our priority. so it's important for us to hear from you what those priorities ought to be. i have here on my right, your left, a series of charts that show you a little bit more about san francisco's budget. overall the city's budget is about $7.4 billion annually. that includes all the funds we have to spend. all the city functions and the county functions and the airport and our police department and fire department and human services agency and our health department. you can see the next chart shows you where we get most of our money. so we spend a lot of time in san francisco talking about how to balance the budget. and we tend to focus that balancing conversation on what we call the general fund. those are the funds that the city has discretion over. in terms of making policy choices on what to spend money on and what to cut. where do we get our money? the biggest resource for san francisco and property taxes, it's over $1 billion a year. and we receive significant revenues from the business t
it's a law of our source and how we spend it. and it's a plan that sets our priority. so it's important for us to hear from you what those priorities ought to be. i have here on my right, your left, a series of charts that show you a little bit more about san francisco's budget. overall the city's budget is about $7.4 billion annually. that includes all the funds we have to spend. all the city functions and the county functions and the airport and our police department and fire department and...
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they were all torn down in 1954 when the integration law was passed where we blacks can live next door to white folks. the public housing, san francisco redevelopment agency, they became public housing after 1954 for black folks. thank you very much, you need to know, and i want to give you the history of my community. because i have been here 70 years. thank you. >> all right, first of all those who spoke and sat through this and all the departments and elected officials. i want to thank everyone. it's been an intense night. we got a lot of feedback and a lot of viewpoints. we have to continue working hard. we will be doing our best. and please again feel welcome to give us your input and keep working with us. that's the most important thing of these town hall meetings, we need your input and we will do our best. and keep working with us. thank you very much. good night. >> i'm warren corn field and we are doing a series called stay safe, we are going to talk about staying in your home after an earthquake and taking care of your pet's needs. ♪ >> here we are at the spur urban ken ce
they were all torn down in 1954 when the integration law was passed where we blacks can live next door to white folks. the public housing, san francisco redevelopment agency, they became public housing after 1954 for black folks. thank you very much, you need to know, and i want to give you the history of my community. because i have been here 70 years. thank you. >> all right, first of all those who spoke and sat through this and all the departments and elected officials. i want to thank...
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of law enforcement agency and there will be a lot of law enforcement officer. so, chief, there's the community side but then there's the other side you're going to have to face and deal with. so, i just want to commend you for doing that in spite of that. good for you. that's what you believe -- >> you look for a synopsis of what you missed. it's not that i still don't think that it's something that would be deserving of a pilot, but i just think that there are constraints that got put upon through the policy and recommendations all were so limiting that the officers were never going to take it out anyway. so, there's no reason to have it if you're not going to use it because there's no way to judge a pilot if it never gets used. so, that being the case, i just think our resource he both monetarily and in human resources are better spent.
of law enforcement agency and there will be a lot of law enforcement officer. so, chief, there's the community side but then there's the other side you're going to have to face and deal with. so, i just want to commend you for doing that in spite of that. good for you. that's what you believe -- >> you look for a synopsis of what you missed. it's not that i still don't think that it's something that would be deserving of a pilot, but i just think that there are constraints that got put...
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money about 80 percent of the money that we call committed is committed to the specific purposes by law and long standing policy as most of the money that you can see in this slide is main nens of the existing system and 90 percent of this money is going to maintain our existing infrastructure that is filling pot holes and replacing buses on a resonable schedule. we don't thifrpg that we should have a big argument about that every four years and the argument that we have is how much more discretionary money that we can bring to that very vital activity what we call fix it first and because our infrastructure in the bay area is frankly not getting any younger. and we need to take care of it if we are going to have the kind of straggy that this plan suggests. and the discretionary income in this plan is where we do tend to have the arguments and that is where we should have the arguments. and i want to spend a minute on where we have wound up on this one and what the board has been asked to consider in july. maybe starting at noon here on the clock hand and going clockwise, you will see t
money about 80 percent of the money that we call committed is committed to the specific purposes by law and long standing policy as most of the money that you can see in this slide is main nens of the existing system and 90 percent of this money is going to maintain our existing infrastructure that is filling pot holes and replacing buses on a resonable schedule. we don't thifrpg that we should have a big argument about that every four years and the argument that we have is how much more...
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so, the next several item are all required by law. there is potentially dgo for 40 item, 40, 41 could be addressed, but we have them at this point. 42, there's no legal requirement for this. what was pointed out to us, though, is that each of the stations through the early intervention system, they measure or take stats on use of force, but they are -- they stay at the stations rather than a centralized database. >> no, they're sent downtown monthly, sent to the occ. >> okay. that would be an easy enough item to present information. >> it already happened. >> use of force stat? >> we get them monthly and we send them to the occ as policy. >> she's talking about -- reporting. >> we're talking about quarterly reports to the commission as a whole, chief. >> oh. >> so, it's in place. there's confusion where there's a frown by director hicks. would you like to weigh in here? >> director hicks. >> yes, commissioner kingly. the occ receives them, but this is a requirement for the police department to present a report to the commission. >> ye
so, the next several item are all required by law. there is potentially dgo for 40 item, 40, 41 could be addressed, but we have them at this point. 42, there's no legal requirement for this. what was pointed out to us, though, is that each of the stations through the early intervention system, they measure or take stats on use of force, but they are -- they stay at the stations rather than a centralized database. >> no, they're sent downtown monthly, sent to the occ. >> okay. that...
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community as teachers, social workers, school counselors entrepreneurs, involved in politics, medicine, the law, the arts and many other endeavors. thank you again for honoring laura li today. apl (applause)>> president chiu: thank you stephen. anything you want to say? >> honorable president david chiu, distinguished members of the board of supervisors. good to see so many familiar faces here; it's been decades since i appeared before a public body such as this i am a little rusty. i just came back from china a few days ago; while i was there i found out our mayor was there actually. he was just visiting his father's ancestral village. we believe, when you know yourself, we know your roots you build your character. and building character is the foundation of creating strong communities; and strong communities is what gives us a strong country. the greatest gift that we give to our children are wings and roots; wings to soar to the skies and roots to return to. we do this work not just for chinese americans but if americans of all races. we are so blessed that laura is in our lives, sharing her
community as teachers, social workers, school counselors entrepreneurs, involved in politics, medicine, the law, the arts and many other endeavors. thank you again for honoring laura li today. apl (applause)>> president chiu: thank you stephen. anything you want to say? >> honorable president david chiu, distinguished members of the board of supervisors. good to see so many familiar faces here; it's been decades since i appeared before a public body such as this i am a little rusty....